Fail forward rather than crumble down.
Failure, while grueling at times, is one of our greatest moments to grow and elevate ourselves in our pursuit of achieving our goals and dreams.
Nonetheless there is another critical part to the equation of failure that we don't really cover that much. I would like to talk about our mistakes. Making mistakes is an element of life and good lord have I made a large amount of mistakes in mine. You name it, I've most likely done it. Fact is, every one of us has made countless mistakes which are the events that shape our lives. Mistakes and disasters go together. A great deal of the time though, our mistakes are on a much softer scale. However, they are extremely important to our growth and development into becoming someone better. You can learn much from succeeding, but you can learn a whole lot more from things that don't work.
Edison learned more about electricity in failing over 1,000 times then he might have in nailing the electric-light bulb in the 1st try. He wouldn't have gone on to be the extraordinary inventor he was if he didn't fail so much. What truly mattered though, was the indisputable fact that he didn't let his mistakes deter him. He knew, better than any person, that it was all just a part of the journey and at the end he would be encircled in light. He ultimately was.
We're going to make mistakes. We're going to snap, push the people away we love, ask for things we presumed we wanted, make rash decisions, hurt those close to us, do things that are out of our true character, get wasted, say things we don't mean, break guarantees, break hearts, hate, fear, talk smack, tear things apart, burn things down, the list is endless of the mistakes we're going to make in our lives. But when we turn mistakes which can honestly be fixed into failures, which take masses of superglue and Gorilla tape to fix, it is usually because we didn't own up to what we have done.
Own it.
This is when we truly learn. This is when we grow. It's one of the most challenging things to have an honest look at yourself in the mirror and say "I have done something wrong, and I am really going to mend it. I have let myself down." But as rough as that is, our owning up to mistakes is probably one of the most honest and powerful things we possess.
We should be expecting better out of ourselves than to cower away by not taking responsibility.
We created the conflicts, now, we have to do what is critical to fix them. Take full-blown ownership. If you have hurt some other person, then it is even more important to own up to what done and fix it. It doesn't matter how embarrassed you happen to be or how fearful you are, fix it. Probabilities are, if you honestly speak from your heart and you are truthful, they'll forgive you. You owe them an apology, and most of all, you owe it to yourself to fail forward from your mistakes and grow.
Honesty is a great foundation to build your life upon.
Have the bravery to act.
Failure, while grueling at times, is one of our greatest moments to grow and elevate ourselves in our pursuit of achieving our goals and dreams.
Nonetheless there is another critical part to the equation of failure that we don't really cover that much. I would like to talk about our mistakes. Making mistakes is an element of life and good lord have I made a large amount of mistakes in mine. You name it, I've most likely done it. Fact is, every one of us has made countless mistakes which are the events that shape our lives. Mistakes and disasters go together. A great deal of the time though, our mistakes are on a much softer scale. However, they are extremely important to our growth and development into becoming someone better. You can learn much from succeeding, but you can learn a whole lot more from things that don't work.
Edison learned more about electricity in failing over 1,000 times then he might have in nailing the electric-light bulb in the 1st try. He wouldn't have gone on to be the extraordinary inventor he was if he didn't fail so much. What truly mattered though, was the indisputable fact that he didn't let his mistakes deter him. He knew, better than any person, that it was all just a part of the journey and at the end he would be encircled in light. He ultimately was.
We're going to make mistakes. We're going to snap, push the people away we love, ask for things we presumed we wanted, make rash decisions, hurt those close to us, do things that are out of our true character, get wasted, say things we don't mean, break guarantees, break hearts, hate, fear, talk smack, tear things apart, burn things down, the list is endless of the mistakes we're going to make in our lives. But when we turn mistakes which can honestly be fixed into failures, which take masses of superglue and Gorilla tape to fix, it is usually because we didn't own up to what we have done.
Own it.
This is when we truly learn. This is when we grow. It's one of the most challenging things to have an honest look at yourself in the mirror and say "I have done something wrong, and I am really going to mend it. I have let myself down." But as rough as that is, our owning up to mistakes is probably one of the most honest and powerful things we possess.
We should be expecting better out of ourselves than to cower away by not taking responsibility.
We created the conflicts, now, we have to do what is critical to fix them. Take full-blown ownership. If you have hurt some other person, then it is even more important to own up to what done and fix it. It doesn't matter how embarrassed you happen to be or how fearful you are, fix it. Probabilities are, if you honestly speak from your heart and you are truthful, they'll forgive you. You owe them an apology, and most of all, you owe it to yourself to fail forward from your mistakes and grow.
Honesty is a great foundation to build your life upon.
Have the bravery to act.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Feeling ready to take the journey of your life? Dive into these life is too short quotes to explore the meaning of living in the present!
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